2002 - Business & Biodiversity: The Handbook for Corporate Action

For the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, IUCN and WBCSD joined forces with Earthwatch Institute (Europe) to develop a new Handbook for Corporate Action that provides information on the business case for biodiversity, an overview of hot issues, and guidance on biodiversity management strategies.

Earthwatch Institute (Europe), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Date

2002

Abstract

Biodiversity is everywhere and it is everyone’s responsibility. Biodiversity
is more than just the reasoned use of nature and natural resources by
the resource extraction companies. Financial institutions, consumer goods
companies, service organisations and the information technology sector
can all contribute to the fundamental objectives of the CBD. It is the hope
of our three organisations that a wider cross-section of the private sector
will accept the challenge, integrate biodiversity concerns into their
management systems, and take action to conserve biodiversity that is at the
core of our planet’s ability to sustain future generations. This Handbook highlights how a number of companies have already begun to do so. In particular, this report:
• Outlines the business case for biodiversity,
• Identifies corporate biodiversity issues, and
• Provides guidance for developing biodiversity corporate action.